Judaic Studies
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Judaic Studies degree recipients are New York, NY, Lakewood, NJ, and Baltimore, MD. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Judaic Studies degree recipients are Lakewood, NJ, Skokie, IL, and Yonkers, NY. The most common degree awarded to students studying Judaic Studies is a associates degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Judaic Studies and the types of students that study this field. Yeshiva University awards the most degrees in Judaic Studies in the US, but Seminary Bnos Chaim and Spertus College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Judaic Studies.
Tuition costs for Judaic Studies majors are, on average, $11,228 for in-state public colleges, and $61,310 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Judaic Studies programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (44 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (776 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Judaic Studies, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (776 completions in 2023).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Judaic Studies programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Yeshiva University has the most Judaic Studies degree recipients, with 503 degrees awarded in 2023.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Judaic Studies.
Out of all institutions that offer Judaic Studies programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Seminary Bnos Chaim has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Judaic Studies, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Judaic Studies by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Philosophy and Religious Studies graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Philosophy and Religious Studies majors is $104,219 and the most common occupations are Clergy, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Postsecondary teachers.
The industry that employs the most Philosophy and Religious Studies majors is Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Metal forgings & stampings.
The average salary for Philosophy and Religious Studies majors is $104,219 and the most common occupations are Clergy, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Postsecondary teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Philosophy and Religious Studies majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Philosophy and Religious Studies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Philosophy and Religious Studies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Philosophy and Religious Studies majors, by number of employees, are Clergy, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Postsecondary teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Philosophy and Religious Studies majors working as Clergy, Judicial law clerks, and Religious workers, all other.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Philosophy and Religious Studies majors are Magnetic resonance imaging technologists, Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, and Surgeons.
The number of Philosophy and Religious Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.65%, from 360,259 in 2022 to 369,821 in 2023.
The largest single share of Philosophy and Religious Studies graduates go on to work as Clergy (9.07%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Philosophy and Religious Studies by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Philosophy and Religious Studies majors, by number of employees, are Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, Religious organizations, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Philosophy and Religious Studies majors, by average wage, are Metal forgings & stampings, Pipeline transportation, and Railroad rolling stock manufacturing.
The number of Philosophy and Religious Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.65%, from 360,259 in 2022 to 369,821 in 2023.
The industry which employs the most Philosophy and Religious Studies graduates by share is Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, followed by Religious organizations. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Philosophy and Religious Studies.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Philosophy and Religious Studies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Philosophy and Religious Studies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies is 45.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Associates Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Philosophy and Religious Studies degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Philosophy and Religious Studies (1,179 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies. The most common ages of employees with this major are 37 and 34 years old, which represent 3.29% and 3.04% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Judaic Studies are Associates Degree, Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, and Bachelors Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Philosophy and Religious Studies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Judaic Studies.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Judaic Studies for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Associates Degree recipients in Judaic Studies.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Norway that hold Philosophy and Religious Studies degrees (5.43 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (4,126 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Judaic Studies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Judaic Studies majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Judaic Studies majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Technology Design, and Operations Analysis.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Judaic Studies majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
